The Cambridge Times had a Letter to the Editor published last Wednesday in response to an earlier article in the Times about odours coming from a company called Team Reclamation located at 1574 Eagle St. in Preston. I presume that the original Cambridge Times article is the same one that the Waterloo Region Record published […]
MORE MOE IMPOTENCE ON DISPLAY IN PRESTON?
September 7, 2019
Today’s Waterloo Region Record carries the following story titled “Residents raise a stink about odour in Preston”. This article actually appears to be taken from the Cambridge Times newspaper and their reporter Bill Doucet. Here are my hard earned insights regarding the MOE, air polluters, and either public nuisance or public health threats from air […]
No satisfaction for neighbours of Preston industrial cleaning business Opinion Sep 04, 2019 Cambridge Times
September 6, 2019
After reading a recent article in the Times regarding the odour coming from the Team Reclamation location at 1574 Eagle St. N. in Preston, I feel it could have benefited from my file that goes back to 2009, including pictures and the ministry’s report. We visited Mark, the manager at Team Reclamation, twice about the […]
Cambridge councillors advised to be better listeners
August 8, 2019
Integrity commissioner says council members need to be more respectful of their constituents and colleagues (FUNNY ENOUGH.. NO MENTION OF DONNA REED CALLING US MALCONTENTS).. News Aug 07, 2019 by Paige Desmond Waterloo Region Record Cambridge’s integrity commissioner says city councillors are well-advised to become better listeners and avoid characterizing the actions or statements of […]
‘A Feast of British Folk’ brings taste of music and dance to Cambridge Aug. 3
July 19, 2019
CAMBRIDGE – The Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music may be no more, but the organization that created it remains active. Mill Race Folk Society volunteers continue to organize small-scale musical events throughout, after this year cancelling the popular – but overwhelming to organize – annual Mill Race festival held annually on the August […]
ARE OUR MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS A LITTLE TOO FULL OF THEMSELVES?
July 6, 2019
In The Alternative Are They a Little Too Willing To Impose Sanctions That They Do Not Have The Authority To Do? Today`s Waterloo Region Record carries the following article tiled `Fake snake gets Cambridge man banned`. Allan Dettweiler, a man in his 70s using a walker has been banned from Cambridge city hall and all […]
GROUNDWATER, SURFACE WATER, AND INDOOR AIR ALL IMPACTED BY TCE DISCHARGES TO THE GROUND IN CAMBRIDGE
July 3, 2019
Trichloroethylene (TCE) stalked its victims in the Bishop St. community of Cambridge for decades. The TCE as well as other solvents including trichloroethane (TCA) were discharged improperly and most likely illegally at two industrial operations (Northstar Aerospace & Rozell) on Bishop St. TCE is a liquid however it does not fully dissolve in groundwater. Rather […]
THE HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING ON SHANLEY ST. IN KITCHENER
July 1, 2019
Frankly I was shocked. While not a large industrial site by any means, the length, variety, and duration of manufacturing in the midst of a residential area was very surprising to me. Rych Mills, historian, wrote an article titled “100 years of manufacturing on Shanley Street”. It was published in the Waterloo Region Record two […]
The ‘Multiplex’
June 23, 2019
Mayor McGarry, Members of Council, City Staff, Project Management Office, Once again the City is at a cross roads and the taxpayer has no input because it looks like the choice has already been made by council members and the vote on the location is just another ‘dog and pony’ show. I say this because […]
‘The Double Standard at Cambridge City Council’
June 6, 2019
ATTENTION: DONNA REID in the case against Councillor Jan Leggitt I was at the Special Council Meeting (June 4, 2019) regarding the conclusions of the Integrity Commissioner report and his findings. Donna, if I can quote you from last evening when you spoke around the horseshoe to fellow Councillors, Staff, Mayor McGarry and the public […]
Public Information Meeting April 3, 2019
April 9, 2019
On April 3, as you are aware, residents of Cambridge attended another Public Information Centre in the Bowman Room at City Hall. As you are also aware, I was present and listened to the presentation and was also able to ask questions of Council Members as well as City Staff. I came home from the […]
WOWSER: WRPS ADMITS GUILT BUT WANTS “HOME COOKING” TO DECIDE OUTCOME
April 5, 2019
Today’s Waterloo Region Record carries the following front page headline “Lawyer asks judges not to open “floodgates“”. This court appearance was yesterday at the Ontario Court of Appeal. The lawyer is none other than James Bennett and first of all he did get some bad press a while back by speaking derogatorily in regards to […]
MILL CREEK (CAMBRIDGE) FUTURE UNCERTAIN
March 24, 2019
One spill. That may be all it takes to finish off one of the last cold water creeks in southern Ontario. Today’s Record carries the following article titled “Fuel spill pushes Mill Creek “to the edge,” residents worry.” Mill Creek winds through Puslinch Township and Cambridge before joining the Grand River. Ministry of Environment (MOE) […]
WSIB CORRUPTION
March 23, 2019
Well let’s be a little more specific. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) used to be known as the Workman’s Compensation Board (WCB). Whether an independent board or not I suspect that they are still under some sort of observation or supervision from the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Similarly the Ministry of Labour are […]
Stop the Litigation of Whistleblowers
March 22, 2019
PLEASE CLICK ON LINK TO READ KELLY’S STORY http://www.ottawalife.com/article/the-cancer-that-is-killing-police-officers?set_lang=en Stop the Litigation of Whistleblowers I gave up my job as a police officer, my salary, and still the police service is coming after me for speaking up about what goes on inside a police service. I never agreed to keep silent about my experiences working […]
The Cancer that is Killing Police Officers
February 24, 2019
Last week, I escorted my daughter out of Sick Kids at McMaster in a wheelchair after having a tumour removed from her cheek. While waiting for our ride, my phone alerted me to an email from the Superior Court of Justice; Justice Doi had made his decision about my pending lawsuit against my former employer, […]
JUSTICE SYSTEM BULLIES THRIVE IN THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH
February 22, 2019
What an exquisite deal. Regional politicians are in charge of several appointments to the Waterloo Region Police Services Board (WRAP). Same politicians decide who the regional politicians are who will sit on this Board. Regional councillor Tom Galloway has been the Chair of the WRPB for many years. Yes the province have a couple of […]
AN ABUSE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY – SLAPP SUITS BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
February 5, 2019
The Waterloo Region District School Board has done it. Likely at least one of our municipalities have tried it. Now the Waterloo Region Police Board are doing it. A class action lawsuit was filed against them a couple of years back regarding their treatment of female police officers. The blue wall really is only about […]
When you’re an outspoken critic of the police, they want to shut you up.
February 3, 2019
2018 was a quiet year for me, and this is why. In June, I was served with a lawsuit filed at the Human Rights Tribunal by the Waterloo Regional Police Service. They alleged that I violated the terms of my resignation agreement, despite me having refused to sign a non-disclosure clause (a gag order). Because […]
We’re Celebrating 10 Years.. Thank you Cambridge
December 13, 2018
With 10 years under my belt…I had given serious consideration to closing down this site. With finally getting a legal Mayor in our City… I thought I no longer needed to keep this blog going.. With much appreciation, my many dedicated readers convinced me to stay on. So here is the new plan going forward. […]
BISHOP ST. (Cambridge) CONTAMINATION AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUES
August 9, 2018
Tracy Hipel a candidate in the upcoming municipal elections in Cambridge has just had a victory in his appeal of the assessment of his property for property tax purposes. All parties agreed that the initial assessment was reasonable under ordinary circumstances and that these however were not ordinary circumstances. The home in question is squarely […]
Unsung HEROES AMONGST US.. Tommy and Lucy Vann..
December 22, 2017
I might get in trouble here for posting this…(by Tommy), as he never boasts to anyone about his and Lucy’s huge hearts.. … But I have to tell you about my dear friends… TOMMY AND LUCY VANN.. I have had the pleasure of knowing these two beautiful people for the past 10 years or so. […]
POSSIBLY TRULY CLEVER MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION? ( Cambridge Council?)
January 4, 2017
Keep in mind the dictionary definition of corruption. It doesn’t have to be brown paper bags full of money changing hands as in the Karl Heinz Screiber / Brian Mulroney style. “Riddled with errors” is also a definition of corruption. I would add that deceit, deception and manipulation of the public for self-serving purposes are […]
REGION OF WATERLOO ANNUAL DRINKING WATER REPORTS – GLYPHOSATE
April 27, 2015
On Saturday April 18/15 I posted here that Woolwich Council had stepped up for West Montrose. This was in relation to the wholly inadequate Annual Reports allegedly describing this community’s contaminated raw water. A whole spectrum of issues concerning these Reports were raised by myself at the Woolwich Council meeting held on the Tuesday […]
City councillors legally responsible for clean water under new law ,( from August 2012)
December 6, 2014
FROM AUGUST 2012 Waterloo Region Record WATERLOO REGION — New safe water legislation means city councillors will be legally responsible for problems with the local water supply. In January, provincial Safe Drinking Water Act legislation goes into place which says city councillors are responsible for providing clean water because they are the owners or operators. […]
Significant Drinking Water Threat Policy Applicability Map
December 6, 2014
TCE and chlorides are contaminants that can spread through groundwater flow. It already resides within the boundaries of the Protected Drinking water source in West Galt. The West Galt watershed is listed as being at a “high risk for contamination” by the GRCA. Groundwater contamination by TCE has become an important environmental concern for human exposure. […]
1994 Report: showing evidence of VOC”s ( volatile organic chemicals) including TCE in Cambridge’s drinking water
December 6, 2014
re posting this..December 6/2014.. documents are old.. but readable.. *** By Debbie Vitez | November 15, 2011 | 4 Comments | Filed under: Cambridge’s Dirty Drinking Water I ran this April 10,2010 Re: Cambridge Drinking water.. Middleton St pumping station Canadian General Tower and Ciba Geigy Below you will find 3 links.. they include. A report by Brenda Thompson ( along […]
our drinking water… this report from 1992 ( posted in 2012)
December 6, 2014
our drinking water… this report from 1992 By Debbie Duff Vitez | March 8, 2012 | 6 Comments | Filed under: Cambridge’s Dirty Drinking Water Can someone please tell me how many filters have been installed since this time?. AGM.. didn’t you just say, you suspect we will not get any test results on our water, until the Middleton Wellfield which […]
Cambridge, the City of Water Contamination, Region of Water Pollution, What is Trichloroethylene (TCE)? We have plenty of it in Cambridge.
December 5, 2014
Pioneered by Imperial Chemical Industries in Britain, its development was hailed as an anesthetic revolution. Originally thought to possess less hepatotoxicity than chloroform, and without the unpleasant pungency and flammability of ether, TCE use was nonetheless soon found to have several pitfalls. These included promotion of cardiac arrhythmias, low volatility and high solubility preventing quick anesthetic induction, reactions with soda lime used in carbon […]
Cambridge, the City of Water Contamination, Region of WaterPollution
December 2, 2014
What is Trichloroethylene (TCE)? We have plenty of it in Cambridge. Pioneered by Imperial Chemical Industries in Britain, its development was hailed as an anesthetic revolution. Originally thought to possess less hepatotoxicity than chloroform, and without the unpleasant pungency and flammability of ether, TCE use was nonetheless soon found to have several pitfalls. These included promotion of cardiac arrhythmias, low volatility and […]
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